Clare Cottage
Location: Clare Cottage, 229 Westbury Sherborne, Sherborne, gb
Star Rating: 9.5 Stars
Property Type: Bed and breakfasts
About this Property
Historic Bed and Breakfast with Water Sports Facilities
Luxurious Accommodations
The units in Clare Cottage are elegantly furnished and equipped with modern amenities such as flat-screen TVs. Guests can unwind in comfort and style during their stay.
Outdoor Activities Galore
From cycling to canoeing, guests at Clare Cottage have a range of outdoor activities to choose from. Explore the picturesque surroundings of Sherborne and make the most of your vacation.
Delicious Breakfast Options
Start your day right with a choice of a continental or Full English/Irish breakfast. Indulge in a hearty meal before heading out to explore the nearby attractions.
Book your stay at Clare Cottage now and experience a blend of history, luxury, and adventure!
Important Information
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.
Managed by a private host
Policies
Check-in: 04:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Cashless payment available
- Free wired internet
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Water sports equipment
- Paddle boating nearby
Rooms Available
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Superior Double Room, Private Bathroom, Garden View (Room 2)
1 King Bed
258-sq-foot room with garden views
Layout - Bedroom
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, digital channels, and DVD player
Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker
Bathroom - Shared bathroom and a hair dryer
Practical - Iron/ironing board and highchair
Need to Know - No housekeeping, towels not available, bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- DVD player
- Highchair
- No housekeeping
- Towels not available
- Bed sheets not available
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Luxury Double Room, Ensuite (Blue Room)
1 King Bed
269 sq feet
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV with digital channels
Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker
Bathroom - Shared bathroom and a hair dryer
Practical - Iron/ironing board, desk, and highchair
Need to Know - No housekeeping, towels not available, bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Highchair
- No housekeeping
- Towels not available
- Bed sheets not available
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Deluxe King Room
Offering free toiletries, this double room includes a shared bathroom with a bath and a hairdryer. This double room offers a tea and coffee maker and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Feather pillow
- Hand sanitiser
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Superior King Room
Providing free toiletries, this double room includes a shared bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. This double room provides a tea and coffee maker, a flat-screen TV and garden views. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Feather pillow
- Hand sanitiser
Guest Reviews
- Brian (10/5): A most enjoyable experience. - Delightfully location near to the centre of Sherborne with parking facilities. The breakfasts were freshly prepared to order and were delicious. The room was spotless, extremely comfortable and well equiped. Our host was very welcoming and helpful. For us nothing could have been better and we would definitely return if we could. There was nothing we did not like. We had no complaints.
- YINGCHUN (8/5): Home-like accommodation - Very comfortable room, delicious breakfast, friendly hostess, feel at home! If the garden could be open, how nice a sunny afternoon tea and garden breakfast
- Janice (10/5): - Susie is the "hostess with the mostest" this was the best place we stayed in our 6-week trip to Europe. The room was gorgeous, comfy and large and beautifully decorated. The claw foot bath was just what your tired legs needed after a day out exploring fabulous to soak in. The home cooked breakfast was next level, and Susie was easy to talk to and welcoming and had lots of local knowledge about where to go and what to see in Sherborne. We had a great stay and will be back again, loved it. Janice and Graydon
- Evelyn Diana (9/5): -
- Jennifer (10/5): Quaint, lovely, would love to go back! - So quaint and cute. The room we were in was large and set up to look so lovely. The rest of the cottage was very quaint too. Breakfast was delicious and Susie was wonderful. We enjoyed talking to her and she was very accommodating. Nothing really. My husband would’ve preferred a shower, but I enjoyed the bath.
- Jeff S (10/5): A comfortable stay and a fine host. - Excellent breakfast made exactly as you would like it, good quality. The location of Clare Cottage is very good, a short walk to the centre of Sherborne.
- Alan (10/5): Delightful bed and breakfast - Great stay in a delightful bed and breakfast properly. The room was comfortable and beautifully decorated. Susie is a very friendly helpful host who provided a delicious breakfast.
- Antonina (10/5): Незабываемо красиво и гостеприимно. - Susie очаровательная, гостеприимная хозяйка.
Такое счастье пожить в её английском доме. Там все сделано с душой и со вкусом. Мебель, картины, статуи, фарфор, ткани, сад с цветами - очень красиво. А какие вкусные завтраки она готовит! Комната светлая, с большим окном выходящее в цветущий сад.
Расположение дома очень хорошее. Рядом кафе, рестораны, парк, Шерборновское аббатство, вокзал.
Susie, огромное спасибо!
- CORNELIUS (10/5): We would certainly return here at any time of year. - The host Susie was most welcoming and we felt at home during our stay.
The room was spacious and very clean with a lovely free standing bath.
The breakfast was certainly a highlight with fresh fruit/cereal and a delicious hot breakfast with options.
- Helle (10/5): - Skønt ophold!
Dejligt charmerende gammelt hus,møbleret i samme stil.Fantastisk sød og imødekommende vært.Dejlig fuld engelsk morgenmad med alt hvad hjertet kan begære.Morgenmaden blev indtaget i en lille hyggelig spisestue hvor der var dækket fint op.
- Sarah (10/5): Care cottage is a perfect B&B in every possible way clean comfortable beautiful fabulous breakfast - Absolutely everything has been thought out very carefully at Clare Cottage. Susie could not have been more welcoming and went out of her way to make sure our stay was comfortable. The room is absolutely beautiful very clean and very comfortable. I have never stayed in a better B&B ever thank you. Nothing everything was perfect.
- Gemma (10/5): - This is a beautiful place to stay.
- Hugo (9/5): Superb - Very tastefully decorated room. Susie was an excellent host.
- Aub (9/5): Delightful, beautiful home and a lovely place to stay. - A beautiful and delightful home. Bedrooms are very clean, comfortable and has everything that you would want with extra touches. The breakfasts each morning are delicious, with a wide variety of choice all freshly cooked. Susie is a charming hostess and is very warm, friendly and helpful. The location is also very good with easy access to the town centre, restaurants and local attractions.
- Bruce (10/5): Excellent location, accommodation and service. - Everything is beyond my expectations. Nothing
- Thomas (9/5): Great place to stay, Susie is very helpful. - Breakfast good location good Breakfast and price can always be better anywhere you go but very happy with stay.
- Adriana (10/5): Extremely comfortable, made to feel incredibly welcome and a memorable stay. - The breakfasts were absolutely scrumptious and our preferences were beautifully catered for. They set us up magnificently for our packed 2-day memorable visit to Sherborne. Susie was incredibly gracious to share her heavenly home with us. The Blue Room was everything I could have ever wished for in luxury, cleanliness and fun! Clare Cottage is centrally positioned and therefore very easy to get around on foot. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED SUSIE. I loved everything.
- Sarah (10/5): Exceptional -
- Claire (9/5): Superb - Very considerate host. Quintessentially English cottage.
- Hsin-ya (9/5): Superb -
- Orr (9/5): Superb -
- Barker (9/5): Lovely B and B, highly recommend - Most excellent full english
- Thomas (10/5): Great place to stay will be back again - One of the best rooms I’ve ever stayed in great bed had a bath plenty tea bags and shirt bread. Lovely breakfast, 5 minutes walk to train station Susie was very friendly just a great place to stay Nothing
- Elizabeth (9/5): Superb - Excellent breakfast. Location perfect (as we were attending a concert in Sherborne Abbey). Our hostess had lots of information about the local area and we were guided by her on the choice of walks. Nothing
- Wendy (10/5): Excellent - Location is convenient yet quiet. Room was spotlessly clean and properly equipped. No complaint at all!
- Trevor (10/5): Suffice to say that we will most certainly be back! - Breakfasts were wonderful! Susie is the most welcoming host and the room was exquisite. Location, within 2 minutes walk from the delightful Sherborne town centre with its varied Pubs and restaurants, is just perfect. Couldn’t be better
- David (8/5): Delightful stay in a charming cottage with an excellent host. - It was ideally located, cozy, and with some lovely features. Susie was a great host and I was very well looked after. Just from a personal perspective I would have preferred a shower to the bath.
- Jerome (9/5): Superb - The breakfast was terrific and our room was very comfortable. The location was ideal with a very dhort walk into town. Everything was ti our liking.
- Sue (8/5): Very good -
- Jane (10/5): Exceptional - The cottage was beautiful, extremely clean and comfortable. Susie was warm and welcoming and provided us with a delicious breakfast. Thank you!
- John (10/5): Wonderful, exceptional and relaxing - Breakfast was 5 star hotel level, if not better. Large room and bathroom. Lovely furnishings. Very relaxing. Susie the owner is great. Shower is wonderful. The whole experience was quite exceptional. So much thought and effort has gone into creating a wonderful B&B. Nothing.
- Taylor (10/5): Exceptional - Are host was
- Garry (10/5): - Lovely home and lovely streetscape to walk
- Peter (10/5): It was a first class experience in quality accommodation. - Quality of bedding, the charm of the interior, the interesting objets d'art, the freedom of the garden patio. The owner Susie was most welcoming.
Easy parking at her property made life easy for us.
Quality breakfast. beautifully presented.
- Patricia (10/5): Perfect weekend away! - This is an exceptional B&B- so comfortable (excellent beds and Egyptian Cotton linen), lovely decor, tea/coffee in our room, our own spotless bathroom with plenty of hot water. Susie is a lovely host and prepared the most delicious breakfast. Clare’s Cottage is quiet and yet only a couple of minutes walk from the center of Sherborne. Highly recommend.
- Alison (10/5): Fabulous - Clare Cottage is in a quiet location but situated very close to the Abbey, pubs, restaurants, shops and a short pleasant walk to the lovely castle. Susie is a very welcoming host ,very helpful and provided lots of useful information. We stayed in the garden room which was cool and airy even in this hot spell. We had the best breakfast that we have ever had in a b& b or hotel, made of the local produce and so tasty. If we could have stayed a few more nights!!
- Jeanette (8/5): Lovely stay would return. - Location was good. Breakfast lovely .Room clean and bright nice views into the garden. Host very plesent. The bathroom next door. But still private so not bad.
- Andrew (9/5): Very comfortable place to stay. - The breakfast was excellent. It was just a short walk into town for the restaurants and was in easy reach of Sherborne Castle and the Abbey. The phone number on the Booking.com website was incorrect even though the owner of Clare Cottage had asked them to change it. This made the initial contact at the property a bit difficult.
Nothing to do with Clare Cottage but the Half Moon pub was awful and is best avoided.
- Andy (9/5): A very nice place to stay. -
- Christopher (9/5): Superb -
- Leslie (8/5): Very good -
- David Paul (10/5): - A beautiful cottage built in the 1600s. Run and owned by the wonderful Susie. I was made welcome from the start. I stayed for 2 nights in the back bedroom overlooking the lovely garden. Lovely breakfasts and I will definitely stay again when I visit the area again!!
- Stephen (10/5): Exceptional - What a beautiful home suzie made amazing breakfast was just perfect will return
- Annabel (10/5): Exceptional -
- Michael (10/5): Very enjoyable stay - Lovely,beautifully decorated quiet room. Susie was most kind and welcoming. The breakfast was excellent. Nothing
- Graham (9/5): a very pleasant stay with charming hostess - location and age nothing
- Kathleen (9/5): Very pleasant 2 night stay - The room was large with a huge comfy bed.
The free standing bath was a touch of luxury.
The addition of a coffee maker was very welcome.
Homemade shortbread was a real treat.
Susie was a great host & breakfast was very enjoyable.
We were also able to use a well appointed gardenin which to enjoy a glass of wine.
Clare Cottage was in a great location for the Town, The Abbey & The Castle The lack of a wardrobe could be an issue for stays longer than a couple of nights.
- David (10/5): Exceptional - Breakfast menu adapted to our requirements. Location very convenient, and hostess extremely helpful. accomodation very comfortable, in particular excellent bed. nothing
- Richard (10/5): A luxury relaxing break - Susie was the most incredible welcoming hostest and has nothing was to much trouble.
The cooked breakfast was delicious and there was an excellent choice.
Her knowledge of places to eat and walk was spit on.
- Helen (10/5): Would come back again! - Clare Cottage is a lovely period property, Susie was a fabulous and caring host and her breakfast was amazing! (Pictures were taken as we got ready to leave, it was far neater we when arrived)
- Verified traveler (10/5): - A beautiful home in a great location. Close to town and the train station. Beautifully decorated and a super comfy bed. There was a shared bathroom, which was immaculate with the choice of bath, drench or regular shower. Shower was very powerful with plenty of hot water.
Sue was really warm, friendly and welcoming and cooked a mean breakfast!
- Peter (10/5): Stunning B&B - Wonderful B&B .. Susie is a great host . The cottage is charming and beautifully furnished .Best breakfast I have had in a longtime we will definitely visit again .
- Ellie (10/5): - Beautiful room located centrally a few minutes from the abbey. Amazing vegan breakfast, couldn’t have asked for more
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